Bob Hartley says he was surprised to hear that there were differences in philosophy within the Calgary Flames.
The NHL club fired Hartley as its head coach yesterday after missing the playoffs for the third time in four years under his watch.
Last season’s coach of the year said on a conference call today that he thought he and Flames general manager Brad Treliving were on the same page.
Treliving said after Hartley’s dismissal that the coach had taken Calgary “as far as I feel he can take it.”
The Flames compiled a 35-40-7 record in 2015-16, 20 points fewer than the 2014-15 campaign that saw the club make the second round of the playoffs.